Burns-bass

Still don’t get it but the video was cool, and great all the excitement for a new band!

And check the insurance is for musical instruments. In most cases it isn’t...

I sent a guitar with UPS and had no problems. Accidents can happen to all couriers, and in my experience at least, UPS have been better than some others. Personally, I invested in 30 metres of bubble wrap from Toolstation (other providers are available) and triple boxed the last guitar I sent. It worked well, too (by that I mean it got there without a scratch and the buyer was well pleased).

Beautiful Christoph.

I went on tour with the Musical Box a few years ago. You genuinely won’t meet a nicer bunch of guys. And the show I witnessed every night was exemplary.

Hi This is a great little thing, and it's your for free! The only problem is the lead linking it to the iPhone is gone, so it's pretty much useless (unless you happen to have one lying about!) Yours for the cost of postage (£3)

Fingers crossed you paid with a credit card. If it’s a scam (which I’m obviously not sure it is) then I hope you’re covered. Hope you are.

I have hundreds of CDs, DVDs and records in the loft and have swapped it all for streaming. It’s absolutely fine, and allows me more space for my upright bass.

Still don't get it...

Sounds an awful lot like Average White Band which is obviously no bad thing.

Display a sense of humour and no ego.

That’s a rare occurrence of it working, and great that it did!

This is true, but the fault lies with us. We search for the lowest prices, knowing full well what that means, and then are upset when things sometimes go wrong. We’re conplicit in this situation by demanding ever lower prices. Im not preaching, I’m the same. (I know this isn’t the case for the OP so please don’t take it as a criticism. I hope your bass turns up!) My dad used to work in logistics and we once ran a reasonably successful removals business. The margins are so tight in this line of work and competition so high, wages are depressed across the board and it’s all about volume. This results in mistakes. In terms of numbers however, statistically I reckon the failure rate is probably consistent, but the volume of parcels we receive now is much higher. We always advised owners of high value goods (expensive furniture, hifi equipment etc) to transport it themselves as it’s the only way to guarantee your items get to their destination in one piece. I do the same with basses, I mean, what courier could I entrust a near mint 64 jazz with? And the insurance policies are worthless too. They’re so fulL of caveats it’s almost impossible to claim. The courier companies naturally use secondary providers, which means they’re reluctant to claim too. Insurance for our removals company was in the thousands and we never once claimed on it.

The title of this thread is proper clickbait stuff and seems particularly poorly timed considering Aretha’s recent death. Our relationship with music isn’t rational, it’s emotional. What moves you may leave me cold; that’s the power and wonder of music.

I’ve seen this before. It’s not necessarily play wear but can happen if the string are pressed against the board for a long period of time in a soft case resting against something else, or if they are banged against the board (bass fell over perhaps?) I see it as another piece of history, but if it were a clear board I would have been disappointed too. If it’s minor wear then it’ll come out with the appropriate fretboard oil.

Glad to see you've still got that Musicman. Rare and very beautiful finish.